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Serious-looking person with short, dark hair wearing a black leather jacket.
Review

Destroyer

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicole Kid­man suf­fers through pros­thet­ics and a patchy script in Karyn Kusama’s detec­tive noir.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people embracing at a formal event, a man in a suit and a woman in a white dress.
Review

An Impossible Love

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cather­ine Corsi­ni adapts Chris­tine Angot to cap­ti­vat­ing effect in this Châteauroux-set roman­tic drama.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Portrait of a person against a backdrop of yellow bottles and Japanese text.
Interviews

Hirokazu Koreeda: ‘I want to make visible the people the government ignores’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Japan­ese writer/​director dis­cuss­es the polit­i­cal impli­ca­tions of his Palme d’Or-winning dra­ma Shoplifters.
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Festivals

How wild women stole the show at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A crop of com­plex and fas­ci­nat­ing female char­ac­ters were at the heart of this year’s LFF.
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Review

Bad Times at the El Royale

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sev­en strangers con­vene in a run-down Lake Tahoe hotel in Drew Goddard’s enjoy­ably pulpy ensem­ble mystery.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Look out for this masterclass in naturalistic screen acting

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Zama star Lola Dueñas gives an aston­ish­ing cen­tral per­for­mance in Jour­ney to a Mother’s Room.
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Review

Faces Places

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Agnès Var­da hits the road with French pho­tog­ra­ph­er and mural­ist JR in this sin­gu­lar­ly charm­ing social document.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Serious-looking person with short, dark hair wearing a black leather jacket.
Festivals

Destroyer – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A com­mit­ted Nicole Kid­man slums it in this by-the-book detec­tive noir from direc­tor Karyn Kusama.
Man holding child in front of colourful fairground rides at night.
Review

A Northern Soul

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sean McAllister’s doc­u­men­tary is a wel­come anti­dote to the many grim rep­re­sen­ta­tions of the poor.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man with a beard playing guitar, accompanied by a woman, in a car.
Review

The King

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eugene Jarecki’s Elvis-inspired road movie dou­bles as a eulo­gy for the Amer­i­can Dream.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect